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echo: usr_modems
to: GENE LOWRY
from: TOM RUTHERFORD
date: 1998-04-27 11:09:00
subject: Qmodem

On 24 Apr 98  19:32:34, Gene Lowry said this to Tom Rutherford
about "Qmodem":
 GL> In a message of  Tom Rutherford (1:2240/320) writes:
 GL> AFAIK, QMODEM doesn't use a fossil so locking a fossil (or even
 GL> loading one) seems a waste of memory.  BTW, QMODEM will change the
 GL> port speed to match the reported connect speed unless you configure it
 GL> not to. Gene Lowry
 TR> SIO isn't really a fossil, though; it virtualizes the COM ports for
 TR> OS/2.
 GL> I keep forgetting about you OS/2 folks, sorry about that.
'Salright.  One of these days, when I have the extra room to invest and
a processor with more horsepower, I'm going to take a dive off the
Microsoft cliff -- DOS and OS/2 safety lines firmly attached -- and see
how *they* do with virtual devices.  :-)
 TR> ... Crime, Sex, Alcohol, Drugs... God, I love Congress!
 GL> Now, you just quit picking on politicians, we have the best
 GL> politicians money can buy.  Gene Lowry
You do have a point.  :-)  Although, I think the typically-aware citizen
of any country where free speech is guaranteed might say the same thing.
Or, if their integrity isn't challenged, maybe their credulity or their
judgment.  :-)
      -=> Tom Rutherford -- Team OS/2 <=-
... TV:A marvel that enables you to see, right in your own home, gray fuzz
--- Blue Wave/OS2 v2.30
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